SD - State warns public about RSO William Duncan's prison release

William Duncan-CONVICTED sex offender, 64-year-old man received two consecutive 15-year prison sentences in December 1994 for sexual contact with a child younger than 16, with the second sentence suspended. WTH!

For only the fifth time, the South Dakota Department of Corrections is warning the public about an inmate who has been released from prison.

William Duncan, a convicted sex offender sentenced in Lawrence County, was released Friday from the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls, according to the state corrections secretary.

Secretary of Corrections Denny Kaemingk said Friday that Duncan is a high-risk individual who refused sex-offender treatment while in prison and did not tell authorities what his plans were upon release.

"Any time you have a sex offender that refuses treatment, that raises the risk to re-offend because we know treatment works," Kaemingk said. "When he refused treatment and he is being evasive about where he's going to live, that raises his risk."

A registered sex offender deemed by prison officials to be at a "high risk" to re-offend has moved to Belle Fourche, according to the state sex offender registry...

...If Duncan does not inform the Butte County Sheriff's Office of any changes of his address, place of work or contact information, he is liable for a class 6 felony, according to the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office.

According to the state sex offender registry, there are 25 sex offenders registered in Belle Fourche and 33 in Butte County. For more information, go online to sor.sd.gov

This didn't take long. Lock this SOB up or better yet, LWOP. No more chances for him, he is done. We don't want him in our neighborhood. Get him out of here before someone 'reaches out' to him and ends up in jail for doing the public a service.

He was convicted in December 1994 in Lawrence County for two counts of sexual contact with a minor under 16. He was sentenced to consecutive 15-year prison terms and released this year after earning "good time."

Now, one of those victims has approached the Butte County sheriff saying Duncan reached out to them.